‘What are these guys smoking?’: Dodda Ganesh flabbergasted on India A’s decision to not send Vaibhav Suryavanshi in Super Over vs Bangladesh A

The decision would prove to be a mistake when Ripon Mondol castled Jitesh in the very first ball with a devastating yorker. India would then elect to send Ashutosh Sharma in the middle who was caught by Zawad Abrar in the extra cover region leading to India posting 0 runs in the Super Over.

Not sending Vaibhav Suryavamshi to bat in the Super over? What are these guys smoking? #AsiaCup

— Dodda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ (@doddaganesha) November 21, 2025

Needing just 1 to win, India looked to be heading for a miracle when Suyash Sharma taking Yasir Ali’s wicket in the first ball. But it was ultimately not to be as Sharma bowled a wide the very next ball which ended the match on a rather anti-climactic note with Bangladesh moving on to the final.

But the narrative coming out of the match was why India had chosen to keep Suryavanshi on the bench during the Super over with the 14-year-old already scoring a swift 38 runs in 15 balls in the run chase. With that knock, he also became the highest run scorer of the tournament with 239 runs.

On India’s decision to not play Suryavanshi, skipper Jitesh Sharma said, “They are masters of powerplay (Vaibhav and Priyansh) but in the death me, Ashu and Raman are who can hit at will. So it was team decision and my decision.”